RunningAHEAD - Topic: 200 miles in February

mark.bogner

posted: 3/1/2009 at 10:23 AM
modified: 3/1/2009 at 10:23 AM

To some this might not seem to be that big of an accomplishment but to me it is really big. In the past 2 years my family has grown by double (my wife and I now have 2 kids under the age of 2) which has limited my running to half as much. I have only ran 200+ miles in a month 1 time in the past 2 years. I am training for a spring marathon and this was the month to build up the base, next month is going to be the month to use that base for some much needed speed! Wish me luck! Big grin

The Thunder

posted: 3/1/2009 at 10:27 AM

Keep pouring on those miles and you won't need luck! Nice work!

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Runnerjohn

Certifiably Insane

posted: 3/1/2009 at 10:41 AM

Congrats, Mark! That's quite an accomplishment! I was just a little behind you. I 'only' got in 188 in Feb. But, that's not bad for either of us, considering it's a short month. I'm only training for 5K's, so I have never really done this kind of base mileage before. I decided to try something a little different this year, though. Keep up the good work!

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missy1102

posted: 3/1/2009 at 11:42 AM

mark and john, some great running going out there! keep it up!

KvnJns

posted: 3/1/2009 at 11:55 AM

Mark, I checked out your log. I gotta congratulate you on that 50K. DUDE.........Very impressive. Well done.

Kevin

mark.bogner

posted: 3/2/2009 at 8:26 AM

Thanks everyone! Hopefully the month of March will go well and I will be in good position to break 2.50 in my marathon in April.

Quote from KvnJns on 3/1/2009 at 11:55 AM:

Mark, I checked out your log. I gotta congratulate you on that 50K. DUDE.........Very impressive. Well done.

The 50K was a lot of fun, I had ran that race many times before but never finished it, I usually went after 21 miles or a little more than that. That was my second "official" ultra, I am sure one day I will do a 50 and 100 miler but I am too young for that as of yet! Tongue

BadDawg

posted: 3/5/2009 at 11:52 AM

At the peak of my last marathon training I got close to 200 once, but no cigar for me. Congrats, and best of luck with your time goal Mark!

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greenrunning

posted: 3/5/2009 at 4:57 PM

Quote from mark.bogner on 3/1/2009 at 10:23 AM:

In the past 2 years my family has grown by double (my wife and I now have 2 kids under the age of 2) which has limited my running to half as much.

Good job on the mileage, man. I have a 20 month old and 4 month old. I didn't run a ton before kids, so my mileage hasn't suffered that much, but the lack of free time is staggering. Last night I did 7 miles on the treadmill after the wife and kids were asleep. Thank god for Hulu.com and Netflix instant viewing.

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